Florida Department of Health in Duval County (DOH-Duval County) pursued Project Public Health Ready (PPHR) in hopes of better preparing the county to plan for, respond to and recover from public health emergencies. Emergency preparedness planning in Duval County is no easy charge. The Consolidated…

From 2009 to 2014, seven cases of neonatal herpes emerged in Rockland County, New York. The cases occurred in the local Orthodox community and were suspected to result from the metzitzah b’peh practice during circumcision.

In June 2012, the Lynchburg, VA area was struck by a derecho, an intense windstorm, with gusts that reached up to 80 miles per hour. The storm downed trees and power lines, leaving more than 100,000 people without power for over a week in 100-degree…

The death toll from accidental drug overdose may have been much higher this year if not for a life-saving drug called naloxone. According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office, drug overdose is the leading cause of accidental death in Cuyahoga County. Since 2007, the…